Authorities

Academic Qualifications:

• B.E.-Electrical Power Engineering, August 1982, Malnad College of Engineering, Hassan.
• M.Tech. - Electrical Engineering - Energy Systems, January 1986, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Chennai.
• Ph.D.-Electrical Engg., May 1995, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Chennai.

Experience:

• A total teaching/research experience of 38 years:
• Lecturer (1982-1989),
• Senior Lecturer (1989-1996),
• Asst. Prof. (1996-2000),
• Professor (since May 2000),
• Head of E&E Engg. (2008-2012),
• Dean- Academic Affairs (Nov.2010–Dec.2013),
• Dean- Administration (Dec. 2013-Dec.2016)
• Vice- Principal (April 2013- July 2019).
• Principal: From 9-09-2019 at SSIT Tumakuru

Awards / Prizes:

• 2013: Research Achievers’ Award presented for the excellent contributions in the field of technical research by IEEE PESCE Student Chapter’s annual event, CRESCO 13.0, held during 19-20 April 2013, at PES College of Engineering, Mandya, Karnataka.
• 2005: Best Paper Award (Electrical) presented during the National conference: Control Instrumentation Systems Conference (CISCON-2005), held at MIT, Manipal, during Nov.9-10, 2005.
• 2004: ISTE Calcutta Convention National Award – 2004 for the Best paper presented during the 33rd Annual National Convention of ISTE held at Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, during Dec.27-30, 2003 (Title of the paper: Role of teachers in meeting the challenges to quality up-gradation in imparting technical education in India).
• 1987: D.K.S. Superlative Project award for the UG project guided during the year1986-87. (Project title: Microprocessor based distance relay protection).

Research Interests

Electrical measurements, Electrical machines, Power System Stability Studies, Voltage Stability, Contingency and Security Analysis, Reactive Power Coordination and Dispatch, Distributed generation systems and smart grids, Computer & AI Applications to Power Systems, Power System Instrumentation, etc.

• Coordinated
  • National Workshop on Energy Management Systems at Malnad College of Engineering, Hassan during March 20-21, 1997
  • National Workshop on Energy Auditing & Demand Side Management at Malnad College of Engg., Hassan during June 26-27, 1998 and
  • Retooling Programme for Junior Engineers (Civil) of Karnataka Power Corporation Limited between December 1997- August 1998,
  • One-day Workshop on Electrical safety measures in domestic sector for working personnel under TEQIP-I at MCE, Hassan on 18th Nov.2007,
  • One-day Workshop on Challenges in Ph.D. and M.Sc. (Engg.) Research at Engineering Colleges for the in-house and external research scholars at MCE research center, under TEQIP-I at MCE, Hassan on 26th Feb. 2008,
  • One-week ISTE-AICTE sponsored Short Term Training Programme on Recent Trends in Electrical Power System Technology, during June 16-21, 2008,
  • 3-Days’ ISTE sponsored Faculty Awareness Camp on Entrepreneurship (FACE) programme, during August 9-11, 2008,
  • Two weeks’ AICTE sponsored Faculty Development Programme on Emerging-trends in Power System Research (EPSR) , during Dec.23, 2013 - Jan.3, 2014
  • One-day's workshop on Professional and Academic Quality in Engg. courses, held on 23rd April, 2018, under TEQIP-III for faculty and students.
  • One week’s AICTE sponsored STTP on Smart Grid and smart city: recent trends, during 8-13, July 2019.
• Served as Chairman, BOE in E&EE under VTU during 2002-03, 2008-09,
• Worked as Member- BOE (UG&PG) under UoM, Bangalore University and VTU.
• Worked as Member, BoS–E&EE, VTU (2004-07).
• Was the subject expert on measurements, machines, power systems, Computer& AI applications to Power Systems, Power system planning, etc. at various curriculum workshops held under VTU.
• Guiding several B.E., M.Tech. Projects, Delivered technical lectures at various academic and industrial platforms on various topics of current day technology, and serving as subject expert at various Interview committees of Engg. Colleges and MCF-ISRO, Hassan.
• Served as Member, panel of adjudicators for Ph.D. and M.Sc.(Engg.) Theses, Kerala Univ., Kerala, Anna University-Chennai, UOM, BU, VTU-Belgaum, etc.
• Served as subject coordinator and one of the subject-experts for e-teaching through the prestigious EDUSAT based e-Learning programme of VTU (4 terms) for the various subjects as: (i) Power System Analysis and Stability (BE-VI EE) during the academic semesters Mar.-June 2005 and Feb.-May 2007 (ii) Computer Techniques in Power Systems (BE-VII EE) during the academic semester Aug.-Nov. 2008 (iii) Power System Operation and control (BE-VIII EE) during the academic semester Feb.-May 2010.
• Has been guiding students for Ph.D. and M.Sc.(Engg.) by Research under VTU.
• Has been on the panel of AICTE, NBA and LIC (VTU) Accreditation/ inspection committees. Has completed more than 20 NBA inspections so far under Tier 1 and Tier 2.
• Has been on the panel of Performance Auditors/ Mentors under MHRD's TEQIP-NPIU committee since July 2018.
• Served as Member, Academic Council, and BOG, Malnad College of Engineering (Autonomous), Hassan, since Nov. 2007.

Research Guidance:

• Ph.D.: 05 (completed- Guide-3; Co-Guide:02); 03 (ongoing); M.Tech.: Many
• MHRD/ R&D Projects: Title: “Electronic Energy meter- Micrpcomputer based”, 2 years, Rs. 5 lacs, F.No.: 8017/ RDII/R&D/ELECTRICAL (640)/ 1998-1999/ (359)

No. of Publications:

• Over 75 papers: Published in refereed National and International Journals/ Workshops/ Seminars, etc. on various topics of current day technology.

Conf./Workshops/ STTPs:

• Coordinated: 15 National Workshops/ Seminars/FDP/STTP/FACE
• Coordinated many TEQIP sponsored FD/ Community based programmes and Attended: Over 100 such programmes.

Membership of professional bodies:

• Fellow: Institution of Engineers (India) (F-111040-5)
• Life member: Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) (L1443 )
• Life Member: All Karnataka Engg. College Teachers’ Association (AKECTA)

Academic Activities of Interest:

Writing articles on Engg. & Technological developments in our country, guiding students for Ph.D. and M.Sc.(Engg.), participating in Workshops and Seminars at National and International Levels, delivering Technical Lectures and e-Lectures on topics of current day technology and research at various academic and industrial platforms, Student counseling for industrial visits, term projects and seminars, Book/ Technical Report Writing, etc.

Book Reviewed:

• Modern Power System analysis, 4th ed., Published by Tata McGraw Hill, during 2011, Authors: D.P.Kothari and I.J.Nagrath.
• Power System Engineering, Published by Tata McGraw Hill, during 2018, Authors: D.P. Kothari and I.J. Nagrath,

Books/ Monographs Published:

• Learning material on Electrical Measurements: Units and Dimensions, for third semester EE, EC, and IT students, for institutional level circulation, at MCE, Hassan, 1996.
• Technical Report on Energy Meters, for 3rd Semester EE, EC, and IT students, for institutional level circulation, at MCE, Hassan, 1997.
• Learning material on Knowledge-based Expert Systems, for eighth Semester EE and II Semester M.Tech. students, for institutional level circulation, at MCE, Hassan, 1998.
• Learning material on LisP and ProLog, for eighth Semester EE and II Semester M.Tech. students, for institutional level circulation, at MCE, Hassan, 1998.
• Lab manual for Power System Simulation Laboratory (EEL78), (Institutional level circulation) for seventh semester Electrical & Electronics Engineering students, at Malnad College of Engineering, Hassan, 2004.
• Learning material on Electrical safety measures in domestic sector for the use of participants of the one-day workshop held under TEQIP at MCE, Hassan on Nov.18, 2007.
• Learning material on Electrical Measurements: Display devices, DVMs, DAS, Transducers, etc. for 3rd Sem. EE students (VTU), for institutional circulation, at MCE, Hassan, 2007.
• Content Development for the subject of Power System Analysis (EE61) of VTU e-Learning Center, under EduSat Programme during two sessions: 2004-05 and 2007-08.
• Content Development for the subject of Computer Techniques in Power Systems (EE72) of VTU e-Learning Center, under EduSat Programme during the session: 2008-09.
• Content Development for the subject of Power System Operation and control (EE64) of VTU e-Learning Center, under EduSat Programme during the session: 2009-10.

List of Publications: Summary:

Refereed International Journals	11
Refereed National Journals	05
International Conferences	14
Invited Articles	07
National Conferences	39
Total	76

About Dean

Dr. M Siddappa is presently working as Dean (Academics and Research), Professor and Head , Department of Computer Science and Engineering. M Siddappa graduated in Computer Science and Engineering from P E S college of Engineering, Mandya (1989), obtained Master’s degree from Sri Jayachamarajendra college of Engineering, Mysore in the year 1993 and doctoral degree from Chennai in the year 2010. He held various positions of academic and administrative responsibilities in Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology Tumkur since 1989.

He has authored more than 45+ technical papers in International and National journals as well as conferences. He is having good citation index with h-index as 7 and i10 index 5.

He has teaching experience of 29 years at undergraduate level, guided 4 Ph.D., scholars presently guiding 05 research scholars for Ph.D., He is Life member of ISTE and senior member of IEEE.

He has been conferred with the ‘RAJARAMBAPU PATIL NATIONAL AWARD” for promising Engineering Teacher for creative work done in Technical Education (2011). He has also worked as Member, Board of studies, Bangalore (2000-2002) in B.Sc. (Computer Science), Board of Examinations in University of VTU 1 Terms and currently member of Academic council Sri Siddhartha Academy of Higher Education (SAHE) and Member Board of Studies in Computer Science and Engineering in SAHE, Tumkur, Board of studies member in RVCE and SJCE for Information Science and Engineering (Autonomous) since 2015.

He has undergone outcome Based Education official training from National Board of Accreditation (NBA), New Delhi. He is a peer committee member of NBA, he visited many colleges in accreditation process in India.

His areas of interest are Data structure and Algorithms, Computer network and Image Processing. He visited USA in the year 2005 & 2008 and presented paper with financial assistance of UGC, New Delhi. He visited China in the year 2009 and presented paper with financial assistance of AICTE, New Delhi.

He was also instrumental in design and implementation of network connectivity through campus wide networking and also in setting up of Wi-Fi campus in Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology

He has reviewed journal papers of Elsivier science and IEEE journal once. He is on the editorial Board on International Journal Information Technology and Knowledge Management (IJITKM) and Serial Publication [p] Ltd., both are UGC approved journals.